be one of the family

Example Sentences

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"We'll have tea up-stairs if you're really going to be one of the family," said Mrs. Goodchild, with the dubious smile so familiar on the faces of mothers of New York girls.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

I am one among our innumerable American teachers, reared on the Atlantic coast but admitted for this year to be one of the family at Stanford.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

I am taken right in to be one of the family, and I have a good time every day now.

From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham

During the balance of that day he treated the wounded man just as though the intruder might be one of the family.

From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan

At night he investigated everything on the place and nearly drove Pal to a frenzy until the dog's master gave him to understand that the raccoon was to be one of the family.

From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)